I’m a creative in my 20s who doesn’t have a single solid full-time job. So, obviously, I’m working on a podcast with one of my friends. Ours is a fiction-based scripted podcast rather than one of those ‘sit-around-a-table-and-talk’ types, so don’t worry, my pointless ramblings are still a TallHawkTalks exclusive. But this type of project… Continue reading Podcasts vs Radio
All things must come to an end, including, unfortunately, your favourite TV show. Finales can be momentous things. They are the culmination of all the plot threads, all the character development, all the love that the cast and the crew and the writers have put into the show and each other after so many years… Continue reading Bad TV Finales
This is the second half of my book-buying post. The first half can be found here. I haven’t yet read any of the books on this list, so this post will be more of a book haul than a recent reads, but I hope it’ll be of interest anyway. I always like hearing about… Continue reading Books I’ve Bought Recently – Part Two
Humans have an absolute obsession with stories. They are a tradition that has been carried on throughout our very earliest history, since our first attempts at sophisticated language, and we continue to love stories to this day, both real and fictional. They are our purest form of entertainment. It is something innate in us, so… Continue reading Consuming Stories: Different Media Ranked
You know the ideas. They are not the ones that come to you in a bolt of lightning, nor those that wake you in the middle of the night. They’re the ones that have been gestating in your subconscious for your entire life. They might be tied to or inspired by events in your life.… Continue reading Saving Ideas for Later
My parents’ house has a ridiculous number of books in it. Everyone else in my family reads extensively, so that for years I thought that I didn’t read at all despite finishing a book every three weeks, just because I didn’t come near to anyone else in my household. I have been reading much more… Continue reading Books I’ve Bought Recently – Part One
How bad is your first draft allowed to be? (read more)
